One person is dead after two armed men broke into a home in Wellford Tuesday night and the homeowner fired on them, according to Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies.A woman who lived on Tanglewood Road in Wellford called 911 just after 11:30 p.m., deputies said. The woman reported a burglary in progress at the duplex where she and her husband live, according to Sgt. Rick Kwasniewski.In an incident report, the woman told deputies she was on the couch playing with her iPad and listening to music through headphones and watching television when she felt something cold and metallic against her head. When she turned to see what was going on, she saw a male holding a gun to her head, according to the report. She started yelling and her husband came out of the bedroom.Tony Ivey, with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, said, "The homeowner defends not only himself, but his wife. He is shot at by one of the intruders and then picks up a handgun that was dropped by the second intruder during a physical skirmish and defends himself by returning fire."By the time deputies arrived, they found a man dead and lying face down in the driveway of the home, Kwasniewski said. Deputies said the man had been shot in the face.The man found dead in the driveway was identified by Rusty Clevenger of the Spartanburg County coroner’s office as Delano Anthony Turner, 21, of Wellford.The other man ran off, according to deputies.Deputies searched through the night for the second man, even bringing in K-9 officers to assist in the search, but found nothing, Kwasniewski said.Deputies don't know if there was any previous connection between the two men involved in this incident and the homeowners.The home was taped off as a crime scene, and investigators remained there through the night gathering evidence and processing the scene, Kwasniewski said.The homeowners were taken to the Sheriff's Office in Spartanburg for more questioning, Kwasniewski said.There was no word of any charges filed in the case.

WELLFORD, S.C. —

One person is dead after two armed men broke into a home in Wellford Tuesday night and the homeowner fired on them, according to Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies.

A woman who lived on Tanglewood Road in Wellford called 911 just after 11:30 p.m., deputies said. The woman reported a burglary in progress at the duplex where she and her husband live, according to Sgt. Rick Kwasniewski.

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In an incident report, the woman told deputies she was on the couch playing with her iPad and listening to music through headphones and watching television when she felt something cold and metallic against her head. When she turned to see what was going on, she saw a male holding a gun to her head, according to the report. She started yelling and her husband came out of the bedroom.

Tony Ivey, with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, said, "The homeowner defends not only himself, but his wife. He is shot at by one of the intruders and then picks up a handgun that was dropped by the second intruder during a physical skirmish and defends himself by returning fire."

By the time deputies arrived, they found a man dead and lying face down in the driveway of the home, Kwasniewski said. Deputies said the man had been shot in the face.

The man found dead in the driveway was identified by Rusty Clevenger of the Spartanburg County coroner’s office as Delano Anthony Turner, 21, of Wellford.

The other man ran off, according to deputies.

Deputies searched through the night for the second man, even bringing in K-9 officers to assist in the search, but found nothing, Kwasniewski said.

Deputies don't know if there was any previous connection between the two men involved in this incident and the homeowners.

The home was taped off as a crime scene, and investigators remained there through the night gathering evidence and processing the scene, Kwasniewski said.

The homeowners were taken to the Sheriff's Office in Spartanburg for more questioning, Kwasniewski said.